How many time have you been challenged? There is not one of us whom have not had a challenged placed before them. Today we shall speak about “GOD'S CHALLENGE TO MAN”. And for a text we shall use the Old Testament Book of Job, Chapter 38, and Verse 4. Our text Reads: "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare if thou hast understanding."

IN This mighty chapter, God seems to draw near to the perplexed and stricken soul, who sits brooding over the problems of human life, and points out that mysteries equally insoluble are above his head and under his feet; that he lives and moves amongst them. Man frets and despairs over a mystery forced upon him by sorrow and loss. He cannot interpret it, and is shaken to the heart; but the whole universe teems with mystery. Man cannot explain the creation of the world, the separation of sky and earth, and the reflex influences of the one on the other. Light and darkness, wind and rain, snow and ice, storm and sunshine; the instincts of the animal creation these defy man's absolute understanding.

But who frets at the inscrutable mystery which enshrouds these natural phenomena! We use all of them, and make them serve our purpose.